Harnessing the Power of Technology for 1st Grade Teachers and Students!

8:30	Welcome and iPad Tips and Tricks
9:00	Apps for Content Creation
10:15	New Projectors, Document Cameras, and Audio
10:45	Create a Project
11:15	Share Your New Project
11:30	Wrap Up

Technology Basics:
Windows set to reopen
Limit the number of open Applications
Limit the number of windows open in Safari or Firefox
Only keep Firefox OR Safari open
Activity Monitor

iPad Tips and Tricks

• Save photos by holding down one finger on the photo until you get the choice to Save Image or Copy. If you choose Save Image it will be added to the Photos app.
• Push Notifications - No
• Use your location? - Yes
• PuppetPals - Choose More Characters to get additional Actors and Scenes
• If you find an app you see has something inappropriate confer with colleagues - delete it.
• Create a link to a website on the iPad screen: Adding a button to the Home Screen
• DropBox - use this app to move files to or from your iPads and a computer. We have a DropBox account for each school.
• Can you print from an iPad?
• Use the Share button to email projects from the iPad to a teacher
  
• Are you in Contacts?

Apps That Allow Students to Create Content and Share Their Knowledge

• iTalk - and SoundSkins - Paula - Reading Fluency - Record about your Favorite App (or think about how you'd like to use an App with your project)
• PuppetPals - Liz
• Pic Collage - Paula - Butterfly Life Cycle
• Sock Puppets - Liz - Halloween Poems
• ShowMe, Educreations, or Screen Chomp - Sight Words - Paula
• StoryKit - Liz - How to Stories - Giving Thanks

Additional Resources and Links

• Wonderopolis - An iPads at Burley project
• iPadding Along - Visit this blog written by a first grade teacher about iPad use in her classroom.
• Storynory- Audio stories students can listen to on iPods, iPads, or computers.

Using Your New LCD Projector, Document Camera, and Audio

• Resolution between the projector and your computer must match. 1280 x 768 and 1280 x 800
• Place an icon in your dock for the Easy Interactive Tools in your dock
• Close your Easy Interactive Tools with the X at the bottom right side of the tool bar.
  
• Audio must be plugged in